This week is all about the National Stationery Show! I’ll be introducing what’s debuting on May 15th. First up is the Alphabet Greeting Cards. I reprinted them all for the show (some are in new colors) and will be available both from my online shop and wholesaling.
Inspired by alphabet flash cards and the beauty of vintage wood type blocks, Heartfish Press created 26 different greeting cards for each letter A to Z. Each card celebrates a different occasion. The large letters are printed with real vintage wood type with great texture that digital design can’t reproduce.
Some photos from the studio…
and here they are, Alphabet Greeting Cards A to Z (you can create your own set of 7):
I might not be printing these again so please grab them while they last! xo Hijiri
I recently reprinted my F is for Father letterpress Greeting card :) For all the hard working dad… with love <3
and my alphabet greeting cards are almost A to Z! LOVE how they look all together! Can’t wait to complete the set… soon, soon…
Hope you like them :)
Mixing ink: Wanted to mix a pretty pastel colors for Easter, for both boys and girls so picked pretty pastel green.
On the Vandercook press:
After adjusting the placement, print away the first color.
Second color / border:
Adjusting, adjusting…
until you have it perfect!
Here is the final product:
Available here. Enjoy!
Keep that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner (can you believe it?) in mind, I printed 4 more letterpress Alphabet Greeting cards — all LOVE themed! I really enjoyed printing them and here are some behind the scene photos…
I decided to print all in red, one of my favorite colors and the color of love…
Setting wood type blocks and the polymer plates 2 at a time:
Checking impressions and adjusting placements:
Put red ink and…
print away.
2nd set — setting wood type blocks and the plates in the same position from the 1st set, but since the letters are in different width, adjusting a little here…
and print them away.
2nd color — I hand-mixed nice chocolate brown :)
Adjusting the placements… very important…
looking good :)
printing printing printing!
and here are the final products:
(I wanna frame this one — all the alphabet card is frame-able in US standard 5×7 frame — FYI)
Lots of nice wood type texture on letter X.
I hope you like them! :)
I took so many pictures while I was printing each card as usual and here are some glimpse of it. It took a while, but I printed them with all my love, I hope these bring everyone a nice and warm holiday season…
And here is the each of the finished Alphabet Greeting Card… I made them as festive as they can be… :)
It is in metallic gold.
This is in metallic blue — I love this color.
A set of all 6 cards are available, too!
Thank you for looking as always! xoxo
Anyways. I printed 3 more alphabet greeting cards and they are available now at my shop :) Here are some behind-the-scene photos as usual!
Mixing ink… I always think about if the word has a color, what color would it be before printing. Mixing pretty sky blue for…
C / Congratulations! I think sky blue is nice, fresh, happy and very celebratory for any occasion. Printing wood type “C” and the plate at the same time.
1st color printed.
Moving on to next… mixing pretty green…
for G / Get Well — this wood type “G” was a special one, has lots of textures! Hoping this lively green makes your loved ones feel better…
1st color done.
and moving on to the 3rd one… mixing nice orange…
for A / Anniversary :) I thought of red at first for the love related anniversaries, but rethought and decided to go with orange — can be sent for a shop anniversary, a blog anniversary, a work anniversary… any kind of anniversaries!
Setting wood type and the polymer plate, ready to print.
I like the orange, the 1st color printed.
2nd day — the brown color day!
Setting up the polymer plates. The border and “is for”.
Adjustments, adjustments, adjustments…
until it’s in exact spot! :) Print away…
and here are the finished products :)
You can see the wood type “G” texture more here.
This letter “A” has a very nice texture, too!
Hope you enjoy.
More cards to come soon! :)
I am printing more, hope to have A to Z as Stephanie has asked… :)
I already printed wood type H and Hello! in yellow a while ago, I just had to print the second color brown… setting the plates on the base:
Adjustment to do. and yes, to get to the perfect position, there would be mess-ups.
They never get to go anywhere so I am sharing them here… :) Sometimes it creates an awesome art!
and here is the final product. Comes with matching 100% cotton envelope.
Available here!
Hello Tuesday… please be nice to me…
I wanted to start a week by sharing my printing process for my new alphabet greeting cards. I had this idea for a long time, I’m so happy it’s finally printed and available for everyone! More alphabet cards will follow… but here are the first 4. I printed them in a few different sessions, I couldn’t do this in 1 day… (well, maybe…?)
I wanted to incorporate wood type and polymer plate (design from computer) so all the big letters for the cards are printed with vintage wood type blocks and the rest was designed in computer.
Letter T:
This T has lot of texture.
Letter M:
Letter B:
and “Birthday!” underneath.
and then, I realized that I could print wood type and polymer plate at the same time like this. See, I’m always learning. It worked out great!
After printing all the letters, apply the 2nd color – the border and the “is for” in the middle. I always design everything in Illustrator first, print it out, use it as a guide.
On Vandercook press:
Lots of adjusting to do, but once that’s done, just print, print, print…..
and here are the final product. I am so happy with the result!
F is for Father (Reminder: Father’s day is June 21st this year.)
and M is for Mother (Hope you had a nice Mother’s Day!) This card will be so cute for baby shower, mother-to-be, or anything mother related things!
